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Sep 29, 2020
New database release: RACE measures how unreliability drives true power costs
Last fall, the Energy for Growth Hub proposed a new metric, reliability-adjusted cost of electricity or RACE, to…
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Impact Story
Jan 01, 2021
Our Modern Energy Minimum Metric is Directing Billions in New Energy Financing and Raising Global Energy Ambitions
Memo
May 22, 2023
LNG exports and domestic gas use are not zero-sum
Memo
Sep 26, 2018
Five Electricity Policy Priorities for Nigeria
Memo
Sep 08, 2020
3.5 Billion People Lack Reliable Power
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Blog
Aug 21, 2024
What’s Wrong with the Modern Energy Minimum?
We tackle the five most common myths of the new energy metric.
Memo
Jan 17, 2025
Three Ways the Multi-Tier Framework Could Better Capture the Nature and Scale of Urban Energy Poverty
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Report
Sep 01, 2021
The Case for Transparency in Power Project Contracts: A proposal for the creation of global disclosure standards and PPA Watch
Find a revised version of this report as of August 2022 here. The purpose of a nation’s power…
Report
Aug 18, 2022
The Case for Transparency in Power Project Contracts: A Proposal for the Creation of Global Disclosure Standards (Revised August 2022)
The purpose of a nation’s power sector is to deliver reliable electricity at the lowest cost and for…
Op-Eds
Dec 07, 2018
WEF: Is sub-Saharan Africa ready for the electric vehicle revolution?
Originally posted on World Economic Forum. Africa is urbanizing faster than any other continent, at a rate of…
Impact Story
Nov 15, 2024
A New Initiative Created to Strengthen African-Led Energy Transitions
Op-Eds
Oct 18, 2018
CNN: More affordable electricity would transform Africa. Here’s how to get there.
Originally posted in CNN Business: It’s no surprise that economies around the world need electricity for economic growth and…
Media Coverage
Apr 14, 2025
The Washington Post
The U.S. says Africa needs energy. But DOGE halted a program to help. →
By eliminating Power Africa as part of its foreign aid crackdown, the Trump administration appears to be undercutting its own energy goals.
Blog
Aug 11, 2022
In climate policy, African gas is like organic salad microgreens
The Guardian recently published an article supposedly exposing new African plans to expand oil and gas production and…
Blog
Aug 16, 2022
Rising rates are especially bad news for clean energy in Africa
Higher prices for oil & gas should be good news for wind & solar energy and drive an…
